Updating wordpress parent ID with proper linking in term_taxonomy using wp_update_term

updateParentID.php

<?php
//localID is the termID you want to change
//parentLocalID is the parent term ID you want to put
function updateParentID($localID, $parentLocalID){
  global $wpdb;
  $table_name = $wpdb->prefix.'term_taxonomy';
  $value = wp_update_term( $localID, 'product_cat', array( 'parent' => $parentLocalID ) );
  if ( is_wp_error( $value ) ) {
    return $value->get_error_message();;
  }else {
    return true;
  }
}
?>